best performing mega cap stocks jan 1986

Micron Technology (MU) had the highest return in January 1986 by a mega-cap US stock, returning 38.2%.

ASSETMONTH% RETURN
Micron Technology (MU)
January 1986
38.23%
UnitedHealth (UNH)
January 1986
29.11%
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)
January 1986
14.91%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
January 1986
13.29%
Caterpillar (CAT)
January 1986
10.25%
Costco Wholesale (COST)
January 1986
8.11%
American Express (AXP)
January 1986
6.38%
Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
January 1986
6.24%
McDonald’s (MCD)
January 1986
5.18%
Toyota Motor Corporation ADR (TM)
January 1986
5.1%
Apple (AAPL)
January 1986
5.05%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
January 1986
2.38%
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
January 1986
1.45%
Merck (MRK)
January 1986
0.45%
Novo Nordisk A-S (NVO)
January 1986
0.37%
Home Depot (HD)
January 1986
-0.07%
Coca-Cola (KO)
January 1986
-0.74%
Wells Fargo (WFC)
January 1986
-0.83%
Shell PLC ADR (SHEL)
January 1986
-1.18%
PepsiCo (PEP)
January 1986
-1.39%
GE Aerospace (GE)
January 1986
-1.56%
Intel (INTC)
January 1986
-1.73%
International Business Machines (IBM)
January 1986
-2.1%
Eli Lilly and (LLY)
January 1986
-2.13%
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
January 1986
-2.17%
Mega-cap stocks are treated as having a market cap of $200B+.